"To encourage young doctors and nurses to come to Medway we need to put them in larger teams on smaller sites rather than the smaller isolated ones."

"No decision has been made yet, it will be made on August 29."

Patients raised a number of issues, all of which received loud encouragement and agreement.

Sunlight Centre, Richmond Road, Gillingham (3542900)

Sunlight Centre Trustee Paul Clark said: "This decision is absolutely going to rip the heart out of Gillingham North ward.

"The CCG should have addressed this earlier, they must have known the contracts were going to end.

"In terms of access, two of the three biggest killers of Gillingham North Ward are respiratory related, and you expect them to walk half a mile up hill to the Balmoral Centre. "This is one of the most deprived wards in the country, these people can't afford taxis and the bus service is spasmodic and expensive."

One lady told of how nurses at the Sunlight Centre talked her out of suicide and she worried the mental health services would decline.

The petition titled"Save our sunlight" had almost 500 signatures collected in five days.

He said: "If the surgery goes, the pharmacy will go too."

The CCG assured everyone that the closure of the Sunlight Centre is not a done deal and that all comments will be taken on board.

Delmergate Pharmacy, Richmond Road, Gillingham (3542898)

Patients who want to express their views on the proposals should email mccg.primarycare@nhs.net.Another public meeting focusing on DMC Branch Surgery Twydall is on Wednesday, August 15 at Holy Trinity Church, Twydall Lane, Gillingham.